# why "registered" nurse?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-registered-nurse/627297>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-registered-nurse/627297 "2012-07-05T11:29:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-registered-nurse/627297/21 "2012-07-07T05:28:56Z")

</div>

> [@grama](#):
>
> And what do you call a “lawyer” that hasn’t passed the bar exam?. just curious.

A law graduate (or, at least in the US, “Doctor”).

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-registered-nurse/627297.md?page=1)